{"id":635931,"date":"2025-12-16T11:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/635931\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:49:15","slug":"ni-artist-colin-davidson-on-painting-the-late-queen-the-troubles-and-his-most-important-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/635931\/","title":{"rendered":"NI artist Colin Davidson on painting the late Queen, the troubles, and his most important work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belfast-born artist Colin Davidson has painted Queen Elizabeth II, Bono, Seamus Heaney and others but regards his greatest work as paintings of ordinary people from the Troubles\n<\/p>\n

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Colin Davidson: Queen Elizabeth II “suffered personal loss in the Troubles”<\/p>\n

Belfast man Colin Davidson is one of Ireland\u2019s most celebrated painters.<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth II, Bono, Ed Sheeran and Seamus Heaney are among the host of famous faces to have sat for him.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s painted Angela Merkel for Time Magazine, and he\u2019s even been employed to teach Brad Pitt how to paint.<\/p>\n

Yet the Belfast-born painter regards his greatest work as a series of 18 portraits, which he did for free.<\/p>\n

The subject of those paintings are ordinary people whose lives were devastated by the Troubles.<\/p>\n

In his new book, titled \u2018Twelve Paintings: Conversations with Mark Carruthers\u2019 the NI artist speaks to BBC Journalist about 12 of his key works about why he does what he does.<\/p>\n

Belfast Telegraph\u2019s Northern Ireland Editor Sam McBride is joined by Colin Davidson and Mark Carruthers.<\/p>\n

NI artist Colin Davidson on painting the late Queen, the Troubles and his most important work <\/p>\n

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